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UNITED' STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MICHAEL TAINE, OF SOUTH- BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

IMPROVEMENT IN PANTALOON-TREES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 140,172, dated J une 24, 1873; application filed May 8, 1873.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MICHAEL TAINE, of South Boston, in the county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain Improvements in Boards for Stretching the Legs of Pantaloons,'of which the followingis a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings making part of this specification, in which- Figure l is a perspective view of the front portion of a stretching-board, with my improvements applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a perspective View of the rear portion of a stretching-board. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the wedge-shaped piece made to lit between the portions of the stretching-board shown in Figs. 1 and 2. Fig. 4 is a horizontal section through a pressingboard having my improvements applied thereto, and placed within the leg of a pair of pantaloons.

Boards, used by pressmen for stretching the legs of pantaloons, as at present constructed, are objectionable, for the following reason: The front piece of the board, at or near its lower end, has been made smooth, and when the lower part of the leg of the pants was stretched thereon it would not remain in place when the iron was applied thereto, the tendency being to slip up from the pro' jectin g portion at the lower end of the front, and resulting in the pants being wrinkled at this point.

My invention has, for its object, to overcome this difficulty, and consists in providing the lower portion of the front of the stretching-board with a ronghened surface, or with points or projections which serve to hold the front of the lower portion of the leg of the pants without slipping, while the pressingiron is applied thereto7 by which means the spring-bottom or desired set-off77 is given without any wrinkles being produced.

To enable others skilled in the art to under stand and use my invention, I will proceed to describe the manner in which I have carried it out.

In the said drawings, A represents the front piece of the stretching-board, of the ordinary form, being that shown in Figs. 1 and 4. B represents the rear piece of the board, and C the wedgeshaped piece, also of the ordinary form, the inner edges of the front and rear pieces A B being provided with grooves a b for the reception of a tongue, c, projecting from each edge of the wedge-shaped piece C, by means of which the pieces A and B of the board are pressed out against the inside of the leg of the pants. The surface of the front edge of the portion A between 5 and 6 swells out, and is provided with aseries of points or projections d, which catch against the inside of the pant-s at and near the bottom where thev spring or set-off7 is to be formed, by which means this portion of the leg of the pants, when placed upon the stretching-board, is prevented from slipping up and wrinkling, as was the case when the ordinary stretchingboard was employed, having the surface of its front piece smooth from 5 to 6. By covering the lower portion of the pieces A B and wedge C with metal, I am enabled to prevent the adhesion of the pants to the board, which usually takes place where it is made of wood, when the pants are sponged previous to being pressed.

I am aware that a stretchingfboard, composed of two separate pieces, with a wedge introduced between them, by which they are spread apart, has been used; I therefore lay no claim to a board so constructed; but what IV do claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-` The piece A having the lower or projecting portion of its front roughened or provided with points or projections, substantially as an d for the purpose set forth.

Witness my hand this 3d day of May, 1873.

MICHAEL TAINE.

In presence of- N. W. STEARNs, W. J. CAMBRIDGE. 

